Hydro Cannon (move)

Hydro Cannon ハイドロカノン Hydro Cannon

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Battles Type  Water Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  150 Accuracy  90% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

Availability Introduced  Generation III Move Tutor in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Move Tutor in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥ ???

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Hydro Cannon is a slightly inaccurate but very highly-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III. For all intents and purposes, it is a Water-type Hyper Beam.

Effect

Hydro Cannon deals a large amount of damage and then forces the user to recharge during the next turn. Unless this attack misses, the user will always have to recharge.

In the anime

Pokémon

Blastoise: Blastoise shoots a powerful blast of water from the cannons in its shell.

• Used by Gary's Blastoise in Ill-Will Hunting!. Debut.

Empoleon: Empoleon gathers energy to form a large water ball and shoots it from its mouth.

• Used by Jun's Empoleon in DP101.

Learnset

Generation III

By move tutor

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, an elderly woman on Cape Brink will teach Blastoise Hydro Cannon. Like Frenzy Plant and Blast Burn, the Pokémon must have a very high happiness rating.

#   Pokémon Type 0009 Blastoise Water Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Special move

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0158 Totodile Water Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By move tutor

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl and Pokémon Platinum

An elderly man, much like the woman on Cape Brink, appears on Route 228 in the Battle Zone, and will teach it to the three fully evolved water starters of the previous generations, as well as Empoleon. He will also require that the Pokémon that is to learn the move has a high happiness rating.

#   Pokémon Type 0009 Blastoise Water 0160 Feraligatr Water 0260 Swampert Water Ground 0395 Empoleon Water Steel Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Trivia

• Smeargle is the only Pokémon that is not a Template:Type2 starter Pokémon able to learn Hydro Cannon, due to Sketch.
• Mew, though repeatedly said on the Pokédex to be able to learn any move, is not able to learn Hydro Cannon because it can only be taught to Water-type starter Pokémon.
• All the starter Template:Type2 pokemon are able to learn this move

In other languages

• French: Fydroblast
• German: Aquahaubitze
• Italian: Idrocannone
• Spanish: Hidrocañón

Variations of the move Hyper Beam
Giga Impact • Rock Wrecker Hyper Beam • Blast Burn • Hydro Cannon • Frenzy Plant • Roar of Time

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